Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 857)

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To display the title safe boundaries, do one of the following:
m Choose View > Show Title Safe, so a checkmark appears next to it.
m Choose Show Title Safe from the View pop-up menu in the Viewer, so a checkmark
appears next to it.
To hide the boundaries, do one of the following:
m Choose View > Show Title Safe to remove the checkmark.
m Choose Show Title Safe from the View pop-up menu in the Viewer to remove
the checkmark.
Text Generators Available in Final Cut Express HD
The table below describes each Text generator and includes tips about settings for
each generator.
Text generator Result Tips for making settings
Crawl Generates a single line
of text that moves
horizontally across the
screen. You type the
text you want to
animate in a text entry
field. Carriage returns
are ignored and all text
appears on a single line,
like a ticker tape display. Â You can adjust the overall spacing of the text
with the Spacing slider, and the location of the
text as it crawls across the screen with the
Location slider. The Direction pop-up menu
allows you to set the direction in which the text
moves.
 By keyframing the spacing and location
parameters, you can animate the width of your
text as well as its horizontal position over time.
If no location keyframes are set, then the In and
Out points of the generator clip determine the
duration of the movement from one edge of
the screen to the other. The longer the clip, the
slower the movement of the crawl.
Lower 3rd Generates text in the
lower third of the
screen. This generator is
often used to identify a
person or location. Â This generator provides two independent text
lines placed in the lower third of the screen. It
does not allow carriage returns.
 The tracking, size, and opacity settings can be
keyframed to create interesting effects.
 Select the Auto Kerning checkbox to kern your
text automatically so that the spacing between
the individual letters of your text is correct.
Outline Text Generates static text
with an outline. This
generator allows
carriage returns. Â Text graphic and line graphic clip controls allow
you to fill the text or the outline with the image
of a clip you apply, rather than a solid color.
 You can also modify the size, softness, color, and
opacity of the background independently of the
text. You can use the back graphic clip control
to apply the image from any clip to the
background.